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This Week in Asia/ Opinion

China’s Xi Jinping wants both academic excellence and tighter grip on campuses. Go figure

Amid a push for academic greatness, the country’s leadership is also setting up constraints on academic and teaching activities that could seriously inhibit these ambitions, writes Cary Huang

China's President Xi Jinping spoke last week on the issue of teaching in universities. Photo: Reuters

China is making serious efforts to boost its universities’ global rankings as part of a strategy to promote the nation’s international competitiveness and knowledge economy, investing more resources to attract the brightest and best teachers and students.

However, amid the push for greatness, the country’s leadership is also setting up constraints on academic and teaching activities that could seriously inhibit these ambitions.